Market Wrap from Bowersock and Harwood Markets
Local market notes show wheat around 1.71, yellow corn 1.23, mile 1.83. Eggs at Harwood list large 80 percent numbers, and wholesale butter steady. Wall Street gains as Dow up 2.84, breadth broad with 747 up, 433 down on 7.7 million shares. Prices and futures for wheat range 1.80 to 1.89 with near term Mar and May activity. Stock rally broadens into year end with Collins Radio and Xerox among gainers.
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Bowersock Mill
Harwood Market
Wall Street
New York
Associated Press
Kansas City
Collins Radio
Vanadium Corp
Sprague Electric
Xerox
Texas Gulf
KC Livestock Market Report Steady Feeder Prices
Kansas City AP notes 2,200 cattle with 1-3 feeders steady. Choice feeder steers 23.00 to 25.45, heifers 21.60 to 22.60. Hogs 2,000 with barrows and gilts 18.25 to 20.50 and sows 14.50 to 16.00. Sheep 50 head with choice and prime wooled lambs at 22.00 to 50.00.
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K. C. Livestock
Kansas City
Cost of Living Rises Slightly in November
U S cost of living edged up one tenth of a percent in November as food prices dropped seven tenths. Housing apparel and medical care offset the food decline leaving the index at 114.6 and 3.6 percent above the prior year. Stock market gains followed news of dividend raises and LTV takeover talk.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Westgate Bank Loss Now Put at 25000 Dollars
W B Martin president of Westgate State Bank said an audit shows the Wednesday holdup loss totaled 25000 dollars. Earlier reports put it at 5000 dollars. He said the loss is covered by bonds and insurance and noted a 500 dollar reward offered for arrest and conviction. The Kansas Bankers Association also offers a 500 dollar reward.
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Kansas City, Kan
W. B. Martin
Westgate State Bank
Martin
Kansas Bankers Association
Wortham Penalty Seen to Hurt U S Soviet Trade
A 25 year old American, Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock, was sentenced to three years in a Soviet labor camp for stealing an antique bear statue and exchanging about 75 in rubles on the black market. The embassy called the sentence harsh while praising the release of his co defendant Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. Salt Lake City. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills aided Wortham's appeal and warned the verdict could jeopardize East West trade legislation.
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Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Leningrad
Wortham
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
House
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Gilmour
U.S
Deaths-Funerals Roy E Summerfelt 82 of Valley Falls
Roy E Summerfelt 82 of Valley Falls died Wednesday night in a Topeka hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Topeka’s Methodist Church with burial in Valley Falls cemetery. Hagge Funeral Home of Valley Falls handles arrangements. Survived by wife Irma, a stepson Noel Stewart of Valley Falls, and three step-grandchildren. Born 1884 in Valley Falls he owned Summerfelt Hardware Store since 1912 and belonged to Crescent Lodge No 86 IOOF.
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Roy E. Summerfelt
Valley Falls
Topeka
Hagge
Death of Mrs. C. J. Posey in Cincinnati
Ward reports the death Sunday of Mrs. C. J. Posey ninety in Cincinnati Ohio. Burial will be at Oaklawn Cemetery Edwardsville Illinois. She widow of Prof. C. J. Posey once Kansas University weather observer in Lawrence. Survived by two sons Chesley J Posey Storrs Connecticut Rollin Posey Sarasota Florida five grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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C. J. Posey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Oaklawn
Edwardsville
Ill
Kansas University
Lawrence
Woodlawn Anl
Chesley J. Posey
Storrs, Conn
Rollin Posey
Sarasota, Fla
Death of George C. Wyatt 40 Wright City MO
Ward reports the death of George C. Wyatt age 40 of Wright City Missouri. He died Tuesday at his parents home from a heart attack. Burial planned at Wright City Cemetery with Nieberg Funeral Home in charge. Wyatt moved to Lawrence in 1944 and lived there until his death.
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Ward
George C. Wyatt
Wright City
L. C. Wyatt
Nieberg
Wyatt
Lawrence
World War II veteran with Kansas Univ ties
August attended Kansas University and served in World War II. He was a member of St. Luke A.M.E. Church in Lawrence and worked at Sunflower Ordnance Works.
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Kansas University
St. Luke A.M.E. Church of
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Memorial Hospital Dismissals and Newborns Listed
A hospital notice lists discharged patients at Memorial Hospital including Mrs. Marie Phillips and Mrs. Trude Farrier among others. It also notes transfers to Watkins Memorial Hospital and welcomes newborns including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Hageman and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Simpson and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Verner.
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Marie Phillips
Sunflower Village
Marilyn Snyder
Kansas City
Kan
Jayanne Angell
Ind
Richard Cannon
Prospect
Michael la Coursiere
DeStoto
Duane Moore
W. 24Th
Gertrude Farrier
Mich
Mary Durr
Eudora
William Kukuk
Princeton
Peggy Hadl
W. 25Th
Marilyn Stecker
Murrow
Fred Hageman
Trail Rd
William Simpson
Rockledge Rd
Joel Verner
Court records show DWI appeal and stop sign citation
Kenneth W. Casebier of 1301 W. 21st St. appeals a driving while intoxicated charge with a $500 fine and six months. District Court review pursued. Guy V. Longstreth of DeSoto cited for a stop sign violation with a $10 fee.
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Kenneth W. Casebier
W. 21St St
Guy V. Longstreth
DeSoto
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